State v. Norris

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TERRY JO NORRIS…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Feb 12, 2014

Docket No. 41016 (Idaho Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2014)

Opinion

Docket No. 41016 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 372

02-12-2014

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TERRY JO NORRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Reed P. Anderson, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

PER CURIAM

Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED

OPINION AND SHALL NOT

BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Jerome County. Hon. John K. Butler, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of seven years, for robbery, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Reed P. Anderson, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

Before LANSING, Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Terry Jo Norris pled guilty to robbery. Idaho Code § 18-6501. The district court sentenced Norris to a unified term of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of seven years. Norris appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence.

Sentencing is a matter for the trial court's discretion. Both our standard of review and the factors to be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the sentence are well established and need not be repeated here. See State v. Hernandez, 121 Idaho 114, 117-18, 822 P.2d 1011, 1014-15 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Lopez, 106 Idaho 447, 449-51, 680 P.2d 869, 871-73 (Ct. App. 1984); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct. App. 1982). When reviewing the length of a sentence, we consider the defendant's entire sentence. State v. Oliver, 144 Idaho 722, 726, 170 P.3d 387, 391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion.

Therefore, Norris's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.